New Delhi: Drug firm AstraZeneca Pharma India on Thursday said Gagan Singh Bedi will take over as the Managing Director of the company with effect from July 1.

The company has accepted resignation of Sanjay Murdeshwaras MD and as a director. He is shifting to a global role within the AstraZeneca group, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US, AstraZeneca Pharma India said in a filing to BSE.

"The Board has co-opted Gagan Singh Bedi as additional director on the board, who will take over as the Managing Director of the company with effect from July 1, 2017," it added.

Singh had joined AstraZeneca Pharma India in February 2006.

Prior to joining AstraZeneca, he had worked with Baxter India and Eli Lilly.